Road dispute mediated by commissioners

The Muskingum County Commissioners worked through a road dispute Thursday, after a Muskingum Township resident claimed changing the name of a portion of her road could cause confusion for emergency vehicles.

Lynn Sellars, who lives on McCaslin Road, said she had been told by an employee of the county's Geographic Information System (GIS) Department that she would be required to have two mail boxes with two different addresses due to part of McCaslin being changed to Woods Road.

She asked the commissioners to rescind the change. But Commissioner Jim Porter noted that no one came to a road viewing or public hearing to oppose the road change and he was not in favor of considering another resolution. Commissioner Jerry Lavy and Todd Sands agreed.

The commissioners approved the name change in February, after receiving an application from Darrell Woods, who lives on Creamery Road and owns other property in the area.

Andy Roberts, director of GIS, said the change was thought to alleviate current confusion since McCaslin Road comes to a 'Y,' with one portion cutting through Woods property to form an intersection with Baughman Road to the south, and the other headed east and turning into Creamery.

Sellars said her concern was that there are two driveways into her property, she is now living in a mobile home closer to the driveway which enters/exits to new Woods Road, and she was afraid emergency vehicles would be confused about the two separate driveways.

Roberts said the issue could be solved by Sellars keeping her mailing address on McCaslin, but having the Woods Road address appear on the 9-1-1 system, which satisfied Sellars.

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Road dispute mediated by commissioners

The Muskingum County Commissioners worked through a road dispute Thursday, after a Muskingum Township resident claimed changing the name of a portion of her road could cause confusion for emergency